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Night Call Description
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781602820319
ISBN: 1602820317
Label: Bold Strokes Books
Manufacturer: Bold Strokes Books
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 242
Publication Date: 2008-10-14
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Studio: Bold Strokes Books
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781602820319
ISBN: 1602820317
Label: Bold Strokes Books
Manufacturer: Bold Strokes Books
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 242
Publication Date: 2008-10-14
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Studio: Bold Strokes Books
Editorial Review of Night Call
Medivac helicopter pilot Jett McNally's heart belongs to an Army officer she left behind in Afghanistan, and good-time anesthesiologist Tristan Holmes is no substitute, except possibly in bed.
When Jett comes home from the war and destruction in the Middle East, everyone she knows thinks she should be happy. How can she explain she left a big part of her life behind, including her heart? Flying and the adrenaline-rush of a crisis are the only things that make her happy, and she volunteers to fly night call where all the action is. So maybe once in a while she takes a few chances. Hey, that's life, right?
Dr. Tristan Holmes is an expert at two things--high risk anesthesia and pleasing women. Sure she plans on settling down - later - like in ten years. Until then, life is meant to be lived, and Jett McNally really gets her engines revving. Since she isn't looking for anything more than a good time, Tris can't understand why it bothers her so much that Jett isn't either. After all, why spoil a great relationship by getting serious?
High-stakes medical drama, life on the edge, and love in the fast lane--it's all just routine for Night Call.
When Jett comes home from the war and destruction in the Middle East, everyone she knows thinks she should be happy. How can she explain she left a big part of her life behind, including her heart? Flying and the adrenaline-rush of a crisis are the only things that make her happy, and she volunteers to fly night call where all the action is. So maybe once in a while she takes a few chances. Hey, that's life, right?
Dr. Tristan Holmes is an expert at two things--high risk anesthesia and pleasing women. Sure she plans on settling down - later - like in ten years. Until then, life is meant to be lived, and Jett McNally really gets her engines revving. Since she isn't looking for anything more than a good time, Tris can't understand why it bothers her so much that Jett isn't either. After all, why spoil a great relationship by getting serious?
High-stakes medical drama, life on the edge, and love in the fast lane--it's all just routine for Night Call.
Customer Reviews of Night Call
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Back in the Saddle Again
Review: I was worried for a while, but it seems that recently Radclyffe is truly back in the writing saddle. Several of her more recent books have been a little less outstanding than her earlier stuff. However, `Night Call' is the third truly good one she's released in quite a while and this reader thinks she's on a roll.
Jett McNally flies medivac helicopter on the night shift. As a former soldier, she craves the excitement of her job and almost looks forward to the tragedies she faces every night. That becomes especially true when she meets anesthesiologist Tristan Holmes during a flight. The women have an immediate attraction. However, for their own reasons, both resist looking for anything from each other.
Jett has had her heart broken by a woman who wouldn't return her love. Tristan can't fathom giving up the single life. But, they're both surrounded by examples of what love can be and they're having a hard time resisting the pull. In `Night Shift,' Rad brings back characters from FATED LOVE, making it a pseudo-companion piece (of course reading FATED LOVE first makes a lot of sense here). This tactic gives the story much more depth and gives her more space to develop the new protagonists into wonderful and complete characters.
One other thing to note is the author takes advantage of the I-35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis. Toward the end of the book, the characters deal with that tragedy and some are more impacted than others. I love it when real-life events can be worked into a story.
Bottom Line - Fantastic, as usual, from the queen of this genre. This consistent pattern of great novels lately makes me truly anxious for her next book. It's a good idea to read FATED LOVE first, but not absolutely necessary. Do yourself a favor, grab this one and carve out a day in your favorite reading spot.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Night Call, again a hit from Radclyffe
Review: Again the story takes place in a medical setting, though this time she introduces a hot helicopter pilot into the mix. Strong character formulation. Builds the tension between the two main characters well. Always good antagonists/challenges. I enjoy her writing in particular beacause her characters are bright, capable, confident, dedicated, driven, real, vulnerable and devoted.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Awesome as always
Review: I love Radclyffe's books! They always make me feel a litte "Whoa" in my belly! Again she managed to make me read the book at once. The characters are beautifully written and you also get to know what happened to Quinn and Honor from the book Fated Love.
Again two women, Tristan and Jett, struggle with their past and if there is a future together. One might find stories by Radclyffe a bit cheesy, but they entertain very well and make one forget about daily live. I absolutely recommend the book!
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Predictable Radclyffe
Review: Night Call is another Radclyffe novel based on an area that is familiar to her as a retired doctor, the medical profession.
Jett McNally is a helicopter pilot and a veteran of the Middle East war. She's having trouble getting over what she saw in combat, plus she's trying to mend from a broken love affair, so working the night call flying the medivac chopper at a local hospital suits her fine. She can live a shadow existence without attracting much attention, she thinks. Dr. Tristan Holmes is highly respected for her skills as an anesthesiologist and is well known for her "love them and leave them" lifestyle. She's not looking for a relationship, but can't help being fascinated about the enigmatic Jett when they start working together. She becomes determined to discover what makes this woman tick and finds, to her surprise, that she might be interested in more than just adding another notch to her bedpost. Drs. Honor Blake and her partner Quinn Maguire, introduced in earlier books, are central figures in this story. They provide a picture of wedded bliss and family ties that encourages Tristan to keep pursuing Jett, no matter how distant she seems.
Night Call is another romance written in the style that Radclyffe's fans have come to expect and enjoy. It tells a familiar story of two women who meet, overcome an obstacle and find each other, with some sex scenes to spice up the plot. There was real potential in this story for Jett McNally's situation to be explored. The role of US women in a combat zone is a new one with many complications of adjusting to those duties while not really being considered battle ground soldiers. This would have been a chance to examine the feelings of those women and the struggles they go through in a system that is confused about their status, but Radclyffe didn't choose to take that course except on a superficial level. The opportunity to tell a fresh and topical story was bypassed in favor of a more routine romance. That will certainly please the die hard fans, but the possibilities that are glimpsed in this book will make some readers wish Radclyffe had used her considerable talent as a writer to do something different.
If the reader is looking for a predictable story that hits all of the expected buttons, then Night Call fits the requirements. It's easy escapism for a few hours of entertainment.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Fast-paced romance
Review: I like Radclyffe, she's written some awesome novels within the romance genre that deliver what the genre sets out to do. There were some that didn't convince me so much, more so lately. But I could not not buy it since I think Radclyffe is at her best when writing about doctors. She knows the job so well that the writing just flows and the situations are believable. Matched with interesting characters you can't really beat that.
Night Call had the additional bonus that it promised more of Honor and Quinn, the main characters from Fated Love. I enjoy series because they manage to transcend the natural limits of romances, namely stop when people get together. I rather enjoy reading about how it continues, the mundane daily life.
Add to that two new fascinating characters and you've got the making of an engaging romance. There's Tristan, an anesthesiologist, not big on relationships, and Jett, pilot for the hospital's helicopter, ex-soldier who was stationed in Iraq and is dealing with that. She's the more complex character of the two, in my opinion, flashbacks to her time in Iraq give insight into daily soldier life and the suckage that is 'don't ask don't tell'. This backstory makes Jett a very convincing character. Tristan could have been a bit more fleshed out, but she's still a well-developed character.
Contrasting the new characters with the established relationship of Honor and Quinn and a little bit of Linda and Robin works very well, and the fast-paced hospital environment means there's not a boring minute in this novel. It's like the beginning of a story about a community, a bit like a non-comic Dykes to Watch Out For. I have no idea if further forays into this universe are planned, but I'd be all for it.
Very satisfying read.
Review Summary: Back in the Saddle Again
Review: I was worried for a while, but it seems that recently Radclyffe is truly back in the writing saddle. Several of her more recent books have been a little less outstanding than her earlier stuff. However, `Night Call' is the third truly good one she's released in quite a while and this reader thinks she's on a roll.
Jett McNally flies medivac helicopter on the night shift. As a former soldier, she craves the excitement of her job and almost looks forward to the tragedies she faces every night. That becomes especially true when she meets anesthesiologist Tristan Holmes during a flight. The women have an immediate attraction. However, for their own reasons, both resist looking for anything from each other.
Jett has had her heart broken by a woman who wouldn't return her love. Tristan can't fathom giving up the single life. But, they're both surrounded by examples of what love can be and they're having a hard time resisting the pull. In `Night Shift,' Rad brings back characters from FATED LOVE, making it a pseudo-companion piece (of course reading FATED LOVE first makes a lot of sense here). This tactic gives the story much more depth and gives her more space to develop the new protagonists into wonderful and complete characters.
One other thing to note is the author takes advantage of the I-35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis. Toward the end of the book, the characters deal with that tragedy and some are more impacted than others. I love it when real-life events can be worked into a story.
Bottom Line - Fantastic, as usual, from the queen of this genre. This consistent pattern of great novels lately makes me truly anxious for her next book. It's a good idea to read FATED LOVE first, but not absolutely necessary. Do yourself a favor, grab this one and carve out a day in your favorite reading spot.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Night Call, again a hit from Radclyffe
Review: Again the story takes place in a medical setting, though this time she introduces a hot helicopter pilot into the mix. Strong character formulation. Builds the tension between the two main characters well. Always good antagonists/challenges. I enjoy her writing in particular beacause her characters are bright, capable, confident, dedicated, driven, real, vulnerable and devoted.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Awesome as always
Review: I love Radclyffe's books! They always make me feel a litte "Whoa" in my belly! Again she managed to make me read the book at once. The characters are beautifully written and you also get to know what happened to Quinn and Honor from the book Fated Love.
Again two women, Tristan and Jett, struggle with their past and if there is a future together. One might find stories by Radclyffe a bit cheesy, but they entertain very well and make one forget about daily live. I absolutely recommend the book!
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Predictable Radclyffe
Review: Night Call is another Radclyffe novel based on an area that is familiar to her as a retired doctor, the medical profession.
Jett McNally is a helicopter pilot and a veteran of the Middle East war. She's having trouble getting over what she saw in combat, plus she's trying to mend from a broken love affair, so working the night call flying the medivac chopper at a local hospital suits her fine. She can live a shadow existence without attracting much attention, she thinks. Dr. Tristan Holmes is highly respected for her skills as an anesthesiologist and is well known for her "love them and leave them" lifestyle. She's not looking for a relationship, but can't help being fascinated about the enigmatic Jett when they start working together. She becomes determined to discover what makes this woman tick and finds, to her surprise, that she might be interested in more than just adding another notch to her bedpost. Drs. Honor Blake and her partner Quinn Maguire, introduced in earlier books, are central figures in this story. They provide a picture of wedded bliss and family ties that encourages Tristan to keep pursuing Jett, no matter how distant she seems.
Night Call is another romance written in the style that Radclyffe's fans have come to expect and enjoy. It tells a familiar story of two women who meet, overcome an obstacle and find each other, with some sex scenes to spice up the plot. There was real potential in this story for Jett McNally's situation to be explored. The role of US women in a combat zone is a new one with many complications of adjusting to those duties while not really being considered battle ground soldiers. This would have been a chance to examine the feelings of those women and the struggles they go through in a system that is confused about their status, but Radclyffe didn't choose to take that course except on a superficial level. The opportunity to tell a fresh and topical story was bypassed in favor of a more routine romance. That will certainly please the die hard fans, but the possibilities that are glimpsed in this book will make some readers wish Radclyffe had used her considerable talent as a writer to do something different.
If the reader is looking for a predictable story that hits all of the expected buttons, then Night Call fits the requirements. It's easy escapism for a few hours of entertainment.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Fast-paced romance
Review: I like Radclyffe, she's written some awesome novels within the romance genre that deliver what the genre sets out to do. There were some that didn't convince me so much, more so lately. But I could not not buy it since I think Radclyffe is at her best when writing about doctors. She knows the job so well that the writing just flows and the situations are believable. Matched with interesting characters you can't really beat that.
Night Call had the additional bonus that it promised more of Honor and Quinn, the main characters from Fated Love. I enjoy series because they manage to transcend the natural limits of romances, namely stop when people get together. I rather enjoy reading about how it continues, the mundane daily life.
Add to that two new fascinating characters and you've got the making of an engaging romance. There's Tristan, an anesthesiologist, not big on relationships, and Jett, pilot for the hospital's helicopter, ex-soldier who was stationed in Iraq and is dealing with that. She's the more complex character of the two, in my opinion, flashbacks to her time in Iraq give insight into daily soldier life and the suckage that is 'don't ask don't tell'. This backstory makes Jett a very convincing character. Tristan could have been a bit more fleshed out, but she's still a well-developed character.
Contrasting the new characters with the established relationship of Honor and Quinn and a little bit of Linda and Robin works very well, and the fast-paced hospital environment means there's not a boring minute in this novel. It's like the beginning of a story about a community, a bit like a non-comic Dykes to Watch Out For. I have no idea if further forays into this universe are planned, but I'd be all for it.
Very satisfying read.